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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2016 Dec 14;27(3):290–298. doi: 10.1038/jes.2016.57

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for urinary 1-OHPG, indoor PM, and indoor air nicotine concentrations.

1-OHPG
(pmol/ml)
1-OHPG
(µmol/mol Cr)
Indoor PM2.5
(µg/m3)
Indoor PM10
(µg/m3)
Indoor PM2.5–10
(µg/m3)
Air nicotine (µg/m3)
Number of samples 594 594 309 308 280 346
Arithmetic mean (SD) 1.76 (1.92) 0.17 (0.22) 28.4 (22.8) 41.1 (29.0) 12.7 (14.3) 0.76 (1.26)
Geometric mean 0.89 0.09 21.8 33.3 9.0 0.17
Median (IQR) 1.24 (0.42–2.43) 0.11 (0.05–0.22) 21.6 (13.0–34.9) 32.6 (21.6–52.5) 9.8 (5.4–15.8) 0.13 (0.03–0.96)
95 Percentile 5.4 0.54 72.1 97.5 30.8 3.4
Range 0.05–14.59 0.003–2.13 3.7–133.2 5.8–268.8 0.71–215.3 0.005–8.8
% Below LOD 11% 11%
All samples Boys Girls P-valuea P-valueb
Time spent in the home
    Avg. time spent in the home on days 0–6 (Sat–Fri) 16.1 (13.6–18.1) 15.9 (12.7–18.0) 16.4 (14.7–18.3) 0.067 0.161
    Avg. time spent in the home on days 0–2 (Sat–Mon) 17.0 (13.7–20.3) 16.7 (11.5–19.5) 17.8 (14.3–20.3) 0.059 0.089
    Avg. time spent in the home on days 4–6 (Wed–Fri) 15.7 (13.7–17.7) 15.6 (14.0–17.6) 15.7 (13.7–18.0) 0.733 0.704
    Difference between days 0–2 and days 4–6c P = 0.005
Time spent outdoors
    Avg. time spent outdoors on days 0–6 (Sat–Fri) 1.9 (0.7–3.9) 2.1 (0.8–4.7) 1.6 (0.7–3.3) 0.053 0.028
    Avg. time spent outdoors on days 0–2 (Sat–Mon) 2.0 (0.5–4.3) 2.0 (0.7–5.3) 1.7 (0.3–3.7) 0.053 0.033
    Avg. time spent outdoors on days 4–6 (Wed–Fri) 1.5 (0.3–4.0) 1.9 (0.7–4.3) 1.0 (0.3–3.3) 0.026 0.044
    Difference between days 0–2 and days 4–6 c P = 0.404

Average time (hours) spent in the home and time spent outdoors (median (IQR)), and differences by gender.

a

Wilcoxon rank-sum test for difference by gender.

b

Multivariable linear regression with GEE: adjusted for age and season.

c

Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Bold value is statistically significant (P < 0.05).